Exam 14: Risk Management and Worker Protection

The New Madrid fault runs through Memphis and St.Louis.If the fault ruptured causing regional devastation in an area not prepared for major earthquakes,the most urgent HR function for the affected companies would be to

Benchmarking of safety data across different companies in the same industry is not useful because each company has unique operating processes.

The vast majority of workplace homicides are committed by

Gerard is the HR manager in a firm that designs and manufactures expensive custom-made furniture.Because the workers use both manual and electrical equipment,cuts and scrapes are fairly common.Gerard should make sure that the company has bloodborne pathogen control,plans and employee training.

A worker for a highrise window washing company has fallen 12 stories to his death due to a faulty scaffold.The CEO of this company,which has repeatedly been cited by OSHA for unsafe scaffolding,could spend six months in jail.

OSHA regulations ban all smoking in the workplace.

Delia,the HR director for a company that employs a large number of Baby Boomer workers is concerned about rising costs of workplace accidents and injuries,since older people heal more slowly than younger people do.Delia plans to implement all the following safety measures EXCEPT

Workplace standards are developed through research by

Typically,once an OSHA inspector's credentials have been examined and an opening conference has been held with an HR representative,the OSHA inspector's first step will be to

Most companies prefer to use in-house security staff because of the risk of outsiders gaining access to confidential or proprietary information.

A damp floor that is not marked by a warning sign is probably a/an ____ OSHA violation.

An employer is responsible for a "serious" OSHA violation that could cause death or serious physical harm to an employee

The purpose of a material safety data sheet (MSDS)is to

If an employee has been injured at work and must stay home to recuperate,the employer may not require the employee to use up his/her FMLA leave at the same time.

An employee of a U.S.oil company has become extremely ill while working in an isolated area of Africa.He has been treated with the company's emergency medical kit,but has continued to worsen.Top-quality medical assistance is not available locally,and the location is politically unstable and dangerous.In this case,it is most likely that the company will

The majority of states require all but the smallest employers to form safety committees.

A lesson of Hurricane Katrina is that databases located outside the affected region (rather than in the same area as the hurricane damage)allowed some companies to be able to locate employees and continue services such as benefits delivery and paychecks.

With a few high-risk industry and agriculture exceptions,every employer engaged in commerce with ____ employees is covered by OSHA.

All of the following are actions undertaken by employers to reduce the potential costs of workplace risks to employees EXCEPT

All of the following are part of the engineering approach to safety management EXCEPT